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Since his arrival at the Newell Boathouse, Buckland has been taken under the wing of Harvard heavyweight Master of Protocol Malcolm Howard, who just before his sophomore year suffered what was reported as a “pre-season off-water incident”—an assault at the hands of two members of Northeastern crew who were subsequently arrested for their actions...
...Harvard Varsity Lightweights’ 2004-05 LP, or Lightweight Protocol, Kummer is the “lighter, but by no means lesser” equivalent of the heavies’ Master of Protocol, responsible for ensuring the team’s compliance with the ancient, yet arbitrary constitution of Newell Boathouse. In boathouse religion, he is the high priest; in boathouse justice, he is judge, jury and executioner; in the boathouse’s royal court, he is the honored jester...
...continuity of the status quo is paramount, and anything smacking of the impolite or the newfangled runs afoul of protocol, which proscribes that forbidden by precedent, such as tanning on the docks, as well as anything that peeves Kummer...
...with techno and, naturally for one who “come[s] to the Newell Boathouse bearing wit and wisdom that’s been smoke-cured in the Bluegrass state,” garnished with Waylon Jennings and Patsy Cline.While duty compels a captain to energize his team, protocol demands that, in spite of his desire to end collegiate racing with a bang, the LP serve as counterweight, tempering the team’s ambition with a healthy regard for moderation...
Dedication, however, does not an LP make; the title can refer not only to lightweight protocol, but also to lightweight persona...